Leviticus 13:45:4Lev.13.45.W4TAB

בְּגָדָ֞יו

begadav

his garments

Transliteration
be-ga-DAV
Extended
beh-ga-DAHV
IPA
/bə.ɡaˈdaːw/

Meaning by language

English
his garments

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Result
בְּ + גָ + דָ֞יו
be + ga + dav
begadav

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-ga-DAV

  2. clause

    ve-ha-tsa-RU-a a-SHER-BO ha-NE-ga be-ga-DAV yih-YU fe-roo-MEEM ve-ro-SHO yih-YE fa-RU-a ve-AL-sa-FAAM ya-e-TE

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-tsa-RU-a a-SHER-BO ha-NE-ga be-ga-DAV yih-YU fe-roo-MEEM ve-ro-SHO yih-YE fa-RU-a ve-AL-sa-FAAM ya-e-TE ve-ta-ME ta-ME yik-RA

Exegesis

A series of coordinate clauses then lays out ritual prescriptions: begadav {בְּגָדָיו | bə·ḡā·ḏā·w} ‘on his garment’ with the verb yihyu ‘become’ and the participle perumîm {פְּרֻמִים | pə·rû·mîm} ‘torn’, followed by verôsho {וְרֹאשׁוֹ | wə·rō·šō} ‘and his head’ with the verb yihyeh ‘become’ and the participle paru’a {פָּרוּעַ | pā·rû·ʿā} ‘unbound’.

Root and etymology

garment, covering

In contextLeviticus 13:45

And the leprous person who has the infection in him—his garments shall be torn, his head shall be unbound, he shall cover his upper lip, and he shall call out, “Unclean! Unclean!”

About this coordinate

Leviticus 13:45:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 13:45, so the Hebrew word בְּגָדָ֞יו (begadav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.13.45.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.45.W4.S1) and character.